The 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 52nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse. The tournament was hosted by Drexel University and held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
2023 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Teams | 17 | ||||
Finals site | Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA | ||||
Champions | Notre Dame (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Duke (7th title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Penn State (2nd Final Four) Virginia (23rd Final Four) | ||||
MOP | Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame | ||||
Attendance | 32,107 semi-finals | ||||
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Format
editSeventeen teams competed in the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season. For nine conferences, entry into the tournament was by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier, while for ACC teams and the remaining eight teams, at-large selection was determined by the NCAA selection committee.[2][3]
Teams
editSeed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI | Record |
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1 | Duke Blue Devils | ACC | At-large | 1 | 13–2 |
2 | Virginia Cavaliers | ACC | At-large | 3 | 11–3 |
3 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ACC | At-large | 2 | 10–2 |
4 | Maryland Terrapins | Big Ten | At-large | 6 | 10–5 |
5 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Big Ten | At-large | 7 | 9–4 |
6 | Johns Hopkins Blue Jays | Big Ten | At-large | 4 | 11–5 |
7 | Georgetown Hoyas | Big East | Automatic | 5 | 12–3 |
8 | Cornell Big Red | Ivy League | At-large | 8 | 11–3 |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | CAA | Automatic | 26 | 12–4 | |
Marist Red Foxes | MAAC | Automatic | 40 | 10–7 | |
Michigan Wolverines | Big Ten | Automatic | 12 | 9–6 | |
Richmond Spiders | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 21 | 11–4 | |
Yale Bulldogs | Ivy League | At-large | 9 | 9–5 | |
Princeton Tigers | Ivy League | Automatic | 13 | 8–6 | |
Army Black Knights | Patriot League | Automatic | 16 | 11–5 | |
Bryant Bulldogs | America East | Automatic | 19 | 12–4 | |
Utah Utes | ASUN | Automatic | 14 | 12–4 |
Bracket
editPlay–in game[4] May 10 Newark, DE | ||||
Delaware | 25 | |||
Marist | 10 |
First round May 13–14, ESPNU Hosted by seeded team | Quarterfinals May 20–21, ESPNU Annapolis, MD and Albany, NY | Semifinals May 27, ESPN2 Philadelphia, PA | National Championship May 29, ESPN Philadelphia, PA | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Duke | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Duke | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cornell | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 15* | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Duke | 16* | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Army | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Maryland | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
Army | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Duke | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Utah | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Johns Hopkins | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Johns Hopkins | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 13* | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Virginia | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Georgetown | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
Yale | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Georgetown | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Virginia | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Virginia | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 8 |
* denotes overtime period
Tournament boxscores
editTournament Final
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
Duke (11-5) | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
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Tournament Semifinals
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Duke | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
Penn State (11-5) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
Virginia (13-4) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
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Tournament Quarterfinals
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Johns Hopkins (12-6) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn State | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Army | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Virginia | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
Georgetown (13–4) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Duke | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
Michigan (10–7) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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Tournament First Round
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Virginia | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
Richmond (11–5) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Notre Dame | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
Utah (12–5) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Georgetown | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
Yale (9–6) | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Army | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
Maryland (10–6) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Johns Hopkins | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
Bryant (12–5) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Michigan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
Cornell (11–4) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Duke | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Delaware (13–5) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn State | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
Princeton (8–7) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
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Tournament Play In
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Delaware | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
Marist (10–8) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
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Record by conference
editConference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | PG | R16 | QF | SF | CG | NC |
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ACC | 3 | 9–2 | .818 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Big Ten | 4 | 4–3 | .571 | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
Big East | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Patriot | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
CAA | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Ivy League | 3 | 0–3 | .000 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
America East | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
ASUN | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Atlantic 10 | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
MAAC | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
All-Tournament Team
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Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame (Most Outstanding Player)
Brennan O'Neill, Duke
Jake Naso, Duke
Garrett Leadmon, Duke
Eric Dobson, Notre Dame
Chris Fake, Notre Dame
Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame
Brian Tevlin, Notre Dame
TJ Malone, Penn State
Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
Media coverage
editESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament.[5]
Commentators
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References
edit- ^ Harrigan, Victoria (May 12, 2023). "Drexel hosts NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships". thetriangle.org. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "2023 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship selections". NCAA.com. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ Bender, Bill (May 11, 2023). "NCAA men's lacrosse tournament bracket 2023: Schedule, TV channels, scores and players to watch". sportingnews.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "2023 DI Men's Lacrosse Championship Official Bracket". NCAA.com. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ Ufnowski, Amy (May 12, 2023). "#MayMadness: ESPN's Coverage of the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship Begins Saturday, May 13". espnpressroom.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.